After the preliminary vote on Friday, there was little doubt that the presidential nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, would be confirmed during Saturday's vote in the Senate. The Republican victory has left the country exhausted, but the draining process has also revealed to the nation a few important things to keep in mind.

A new despotism, racism, homophobia, and a war against political correctness are all part of the presidential campaign of Jair Messias Bolsonaro, a former military officer who has garnered the necessary votes to reach the final stretch of the presidential elections in Brazil. The parallels with the U.S. president are such that the international community can’t help but draw a cause-and-effect relationship.

The accusations already made against President Trump for inappropriate behavior towards women have been hard enough to ignore. Now his ridicule of the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford is too much, even for the most skeptical.

Hundreds of undocumented immigrant children have recently been transferred to an improvised immigrant detention center with tents. The government has assured that it prefers to have them detained rather than release them to undocumented relatives.